Another day, another presentation of our hotel's reflection
The monorail track - a great way to get around Sydney
Approaching Monorail car
The Sydney Tower
Rules of engagement: How to use the garden
Overlooking the expressway, on our way to the Royal Botanic Garden
Inside the garden - blue flowers
and Nephila plumipes) - Male (out of focus above) and the dominant female below - and of course, golden silk
An idea of the size scale - dominant female, tiny male above her and a web, approximately 2 meters in diameter
The Sydney Opera House
A bottle tree (something quite new for me) and the opera house
All you wanted to know about a Bottle Tree
The Sydney skyline from the Royal Botanic Garden
Four trumpets at attention
Four trumpets playing
The Sydney Opera House
Another view with the bridge
The Sydney skyline
A closer view of the Sydney Opera House - an aggregation of solid sectors of a sphere
Return to our male and female Nephila plumipes
Better focus of the female at the expense of a blurred male
A sharper image of the male (above) and female Nephila plumipes
A yellow flower
A lily
And a frank reflection with interesting distortions
Closer by the Royal Botanic Garden is the Art Museum - here is Ellen looking and comparing two paintings
Sculpture and mimicing the position
A French Anatomy lesson
C. Frank Starmer